What is the largest 36-hole lead in Players Championship history?

Wyndham Clark could be on the verge of history heading into the weekend.

Wyndham Clark is off to one of the best starts in Players Championship history.

He shot matching rounds of 7-under 65 and sits on top of the leaderboard at 14 under heading into the weekend as he seeks his second win in 2024.

After two days, Clark’s lead is four shots over Xander Schauffele and Nick Taylor, who each got to 10 under Friday afternoon.

But what is the biggest 36-hole lead in Players history?

That would be five shots, which happened in 2018 courtesy of Webb Simpson.

Simpson is tied with Jason Day for the low mark after 36 holes at 15 under,  but the former led by five shots entering the weekend during his victory in 2018, and he increased that margin to seven after the third round.

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Day won the Players in 2016, his seventh title in a 10-month span.